Federal regulators are considering allowing airline passengers in coming years to routinely make phone calls during flights—so long as travelers are warned in advance about potential midair distractions.148

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John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth and a four-term U.S. senator, died at the age of 95. Mr. Glenn, a former military test pilot, was chosen by NASA in 1959 to become one of America’s first astronauts in the “Mercury Seven” program in an age when astronauts were the ultimate heroes.187

South Africa’s Sibanye Gold plans to buy the U.S. palladium and platinum miner Stillwater Mining for $2.2 billion, the company’s first foray outside of Southern Africa and the latest bold move to diversify beyond gold mining.

Six former executives and managers at Insys Therapeutics were arrested and charged with conspiring to defraud health insurers and bribe doctors in exchange for prescribing the company’s fentanyl painkiller, Subsys.

European stocks edged up, on track for their best week since February, as expectations for more stimulus from the European Central Bank and a calm reaction to the Italian referendum helped extend a post-election rally

Athene Holding’s selling shareholders raised $1.1 billion in an initial public offering late Thursday, which would make the fixed-annuities provider the second-biggest U.S.-listed company to debut in 2016.

The European Central Bank prolonged its extraordinary lifeline to weak eurozone economies, just days before the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to move in the opposite direction and raise interest rates.

Japan expects the total cost of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident to reach about $200 billion, nearly double earlier projections, spurring plans for further restructuring of the Fukushima plant’s operator.

Mixing graphene—a material made of single-atom-thick layers of carbon—with homemade “Silly Putty” produces a sensor so sensitive that it can detect the tiny footsteps of spiders, according to new research.

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